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The Knowledge Repository is a complete, user-friendly database of healthcare design research references that continues to grow with the latest peer-reviewed publications. Start with our Knowledge Repository for all of your searches for articles and research citations on healthcare design topics. Access full texts through the source link, read key point summaries, or watch slidecasts. Expand your search and find project briefs, interviews, and other relevant resources by visiting our Insights & Solutions page.

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The impact of biophilic design in Maggie’s Centres: A meta-synthesis analysis

Author(s): Tekin, B. H., Corcoran, R., Gutiérrez, R. U.
Added July 2022

Perceived hospital environment quality indicators: A study of orthopaedic units

Author(s): Fornara, F., Bonaiuto, M., Bonnes, M.
The field of healthcare design has increasingly recognized the need for building environments that are more ‘‘user-centered,’’ but spatial–physical features have not typically been included in assessment surveys on patient satisfaction.
Key Point Summary
Added July 2014

Life Safety Code Comparison

Author(s): Crowley, M. A., Harper, J. E.
Added May 2014

Physical Environment: The Major Determinant Towards the Creation of a Healing Environment?

Author(s): Abbas, M. Y., Ghazali, R.,
Prior research suggests that the pediatric population’s heightened perception of the quality of the physical environment can have an impact on the creation of a healing environment.
Key Point Summary
Added April 2014

Quality Physical Environment in Paediatric Wards: Designer’s Creation Versus Users’ Satisfaction

Author(s): Ghazali, R., Abbas, M. Y.
Prior research has revealed that an optimal healing environment can enhance a child’s quality of life by supporting the healing process. However, little has been done to identify specific design features within an optimal healing environment that either impede or aid the healing process.
Key Point Summary
Added April 2014

Enhancing the traditional hospital design process: a focus on patient safety

Author(s): Reiling, J.G., Knutzen, B.L., Wallen, T.K., McCullough, S. , Miller, R., Chernos, S.
The current study is an overview of innovative system engineering and patient safety factors, named as the Synergy model that a hospital system utilized to design their new facility.
Key Point Summary
Added April 2014

Healthcare Environmental Terms and Outcome Measures: An Evidence-based Design Glossary

Author(s): Quan, X., Malone, E., Joseph, A., Pati, D.
Added October 2012

Designing for Patient Safety: Developing Methods to Integrate Patient Safety Concerns in the Design Process

Author(s): Joseph, A., Taylor, E. M. , Quan, X., Jelen, M.
Added October 2012

Consumer Perceptions of the Healthcare Environment: An Investigation to Determine What Matters

Author(s): The Picker Institute
Added October 2012

Health Promotion by Design in Long-Term Care Settings

Author(s): Joseph, A.
Added October 2012

Nursing and the arts. Nature and well-being

Author(s): Young-Mason, J.
Added October 2012

Current State of the Science: Health Effects and Indoor Environmental Quality

Author(s): Mitchell, C.S., Zhang, J., Sigsgaard, T., Jantunen, M., Lioy, P.J., Samson, R., Karol, M.H.
Added October 2012

Healthy Buildings: Impact on Nurses and Nursing Practice

Author(s): Guenther, R., Gillmore Hall, A.
Added October 2012

The healing environment in our communities and healthcare settings: research excellence into practice

Author(s): Craft, N.
Added October 2012

Taking on toxics II: Health care without harm

Author(s): Cray, C..
Added October 2012

Standard principles for preventing and controlling infection

Author(s): Chalmers, C., Straub, M.
Added October 2012

The Cognitive Benefits of Interacting With Nature

Author(s): Berman, M.G., Jonides, J., Kaplan, S.
Added October 2012

Symposium looks into healthy designs

Author(s): Bennett, S.
Added October 2012

Strategies to reduce patient harm: understanding the role of design and the built environment

Author(s): Barach, P.
Added October 2012

Designing a healing environment

Author(s): Anderson, E., Huelat, B., Jarvis, A., Johnson, S., Klawiter, A., Lopman, A., Norris, J., Ramsey, C., Shetterly, P., Wyman, M.A.
Added October 2012